Inocente
(Thriller)
Netflix
Synopsis
Harlan Coben has produced numerous mini-series showing on Netflix and many of his works are engaging and entertaining works [Most notable: Fool me once, Stay Close,]
Inocente is based on an accidental killing that leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
Because this series is very character-based, episode 1 and episode 2 almost feel like they’re from two separate series. Almost! At the end of episode 2, the story ties in with the final moment of episode 1. In general, every episode tends to end on a cliffhanger, so prepare to binge-watch this series if you get hooked. If you like Harlan Coben’s stories, you probably will!
Richard says
A number of enjoyable movies based on books written by Harlen Coben are available on Netflix. Inocente is not one of them in my books.
The series starts well, suspenseful, and captivating. However, but the third or fourth episode the story becomes questionable in its scenes. The murder scenes become progressively vivid and extreme with graphic action and brutal depictions of blood and gore. This morbidity declines further with ugly scenes of women being beaten and brutalized. Perhaps one or two such scenes may be needed to enhance the story but when they become a long line of one after the other, the movie becomes of questionable taste and of dubious entertainment. My limits of toleration lasted until episode eight where they introduced the trafficking of very young girls, pre-teens.
At the risk of sounding prudish, my movie preferences do not include masochism, misogyny and sadism. Movies today include an abundance of violence, a reflection of the extremely violent world in which we live. However, as artistically justified as these violent depictions may be to a story, they are too extreme to be called legitimate or acceptable entertainment in my view.
